Portage County sheriff’s deputies and the Portage County Drug Task Force arrested Trenton D. Marks, 18, Allison L.M. Lowe, 18, William L. Hitt, 65, all with last known addresses in Randolph; and Ashley E. Steiner, 24, with a last known address in Akron, according to Sheriff David Doak.

While investigators had noted some work was being done on a portion of roof on one of the businesses that day, Michael Duchesne, fire marshal public information officer, said there wasn’t enough evidence to single that out as the start to the fire that destroyed more than a dozen businesses.

At its eighth biennial ceremony Saturday at the Kent State University Hotel and Conference Center, the Kent City Schools Hall of Fame inducted 10 people for its 2013-14 class that, as Master of Ceremonies John Nemec pointed out, is among the group's brightest group of alumni yet.

That afternoon will mark the end of a journey for three seniors that have grown up as sisters. A bond created on the softball diamond when the girls were just starting grade school has cemented an unbelievable and unbreakable friendship as three women prepare to receive their college degrees this summer.

Pennypacker, 23, of Northfield Center, will get to throw out the first pitch that night, when the Tribe faces the Chicago White Sox and the first 10,000 fans through the gate get a T-Shirt bearing his design.